Previously on Supergirl...
My family is from a planet called Naltor.
Some of our women can dream the future.
What if we could make people super?
Are you telling me that you've achieved this?
If Alex's mind isn't wiped, there is a 100% certainty
that Haley will discover your secret identity.
Ready?
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Whoa.
- Dude, did you see that? - Yeah, that cat's so dumb.
No, the pills. They're glowing.
Jerry. Can you please keep it down? I have a chem test tomorrow.
Jerry, bro. I thought the point of your mobile
door-to-door service was that you came to my door?
Here you go. Guaranteed happiness in pill form,
just like America promised.
- Thank you. - These look... Fun.
Jerry, why does Spencer look like Hagrid on steroids?
No idea, but we should, um,
get the hell out of here. Go!
Attack card.
- No. - No!
- That's the fifth time. - That means I win.
- Yeah! - I don't understand this game.
These are not kittens, nor do they explode.
Well, I love that you guys do this.
Game night was a staple in my family.
Where did you grow up, Nia?
A small town up north called Parthas.
Doesn't that mean "paradise" in Irish? It's a pretty high bar.
Paradise is an understatement.
The town's not just beautiful,
but aliens and humans have lived together
in harmony for decades.
I'm actually going back this weekend for Harvest Fest.
- And... - The Bowl Game!
No! No! You two cannot be on the same team again.
I agree. Inside jokes, short-hand from Midvale.
This is an unfair advantage.
- So? - Hey, but, you know, maybe we have
an unfair advantage, too.
You could be right. Greatest human invention?
- The electric light. - Printing press.
- Oh. Fail. - Okay. Our turn.
Oh. Easy! My favorite movie?
Center Stage.
Excuse me?
What? You spent an entire summer learning the red shoe dance.
You broke three lamps.
No. Okay, um...
Terminator 2? Duh.
No, that's your favorite. Come on, Alex! Think!
I'm totally blanking. Um...
Duty calls. Never fails.
Well, at least Haley's out of town.
Sorry, guys.
- Uh... Hey. - Hey.
Oh, no, it's gonna be okay. There's nothing too end-of-the-worldly.
It's just an alien brawl at NCU.
- See ya. - Right. Okay.
Thank you for your assistance, Supergirl. We'll take it from here.
Happy to help, Alex.
Uh...
One more thing. I would really appreciate it
if you would address me as Director Danvers.
Oh. Uh...
Yes, of course, Director Danvers.
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You realize you have two donuts in your hands,
and that those don't even go together?
- Do I? - Yeah.
Okay.
I may be eating my feelings.
Oh.
It's Alex.
I thought we were good after the mind wipe,
but I was wrong.
The way she spoke to me last night,
to Supergirl...
She was so cold.
She doesn't know that you're Supergirl.
I know. Just didn't realize how much it would hurt.
I mean, not knowing that my favorite movie is The Wizard of Oz?
Eliza thought that I would relate to the adventures of a young girl
being lost in a faraway land. It was... It was my favorite movie,
because I was from a different planet.
And now, Alex doesn't know that.
Not anymore.
Yeah. It's gotta be tough.
I'm sorry. That must be really hard for you.
What if the mind wipe has consequences
that we didn't anticipate?
You can't think that way.
Look, maybe the best course of action right now
is to throw yourself into your work
and just take your mind off of it.
Mr. Olsen... I'm sorry. Is this a bad time?
No. No. I was, um... Donut?
I don't eat sugar. Or dough. Or breakfast.
You've got chocolate on your...
Oh. Oops.
Um... Better use the ladies' room.
Excuse me.
Mr. Olsen, I wanted to pitch you a story, but it's, um...
- Please. - It's kind of sensitive.
Yeah. No worries.
It's about L-Corp and Ms. Luthor.
My source in the accounting department
found a glitch in their numbers,
caught rumors of a "black budget."
He thinks it has to do with genetic testing.
Genetic testing isn't illegal.
If it wasn't shady, why would they keep it off the books?
So, can I follow the money?
Yeah. But send me what you have first.
I wanna vet it.
I know I promised Mom I'd be home this weekend.
I planned to, but...
Maeve, I'm not terminally irresponsible.
My flight was canceled because all of the flights were canceled.
- Well, I can't leave now because I have a job. -
Okay, I'll try.
I love you, too. Bye.
Sister. We're close,
but, um, she drives me crazy.
I can relate to that.
I've never missed Harvest Fest.
You should take the day off. James won't mind.
It's a long drive and you know I...
Fall asleep at weird times? I know.
Yeah.
So, I'll drive.
What? You'd... You'd come with me?
Yeah. Your town's like an oasis of tolerance, right?
So, I'll just pitch a story idea about it to James.
Kara, that would be amazing.
First commandment of road trips...
Thou shalt defer to the driver's choice of music.
Those are not bruises, simply toxins.
Pulled to the surface by the Truth Seeker.
Not to worry, they'll vanish soon.
I hope so.
Something just doesn't feel right.
Perhaps this will make you feel better.
I've discovered the species we apprehended last night.
- They're human? - Whoa.
No, not just human...
Frat boys.
So, when did your mom come from Naltor?
When she was 18.
The night before she fled her planet,
she had a dream about a farmhouse
where she would meet her true love.
And she saw a bunch of random coordinates
that she plugged into her craft,
and she landed on Earth in Parthas.
A human family took her in, farmers.
And she fell in love with their son.
- My dad. - Wow.
Yeah. I can't imagine having grown up anywhere else.
Because you have parents from two different planets?
Yeah, but also because I'm trans.
I always knew that I was a girl.
My parents were amazing.
They affirmed my authentic self
and helped me transition young.
I've always been able to be open about who I was in Parthas.
I'm not saying it was easy.
There were definitely people who didn't understand.
But the town's ethos of inclusion is strong.
And I think if I grew up anywhere else,
it would've been a lot tougher.
Thank you for sharing that with me.
Of course.
Just one other thing, when you meet my family,
please don't mention the dreaming powers.
It's just that I haven't told them yet.
And I've never kept a secret from my sister.
It's been weighing on me.
Yeah, I know that feeling.
I won't say a word.
Thank you.
Good thing I drove.
Yeah, good thing.
We found traces of an unknown drug
with alien markers in your system.
What is it and where did you get it?
Aspirin. From a bottle.
Man, it's the same stuff we take all the freaking time.
- This time, it was different. - Different how?
All I felt was rage, and not the fun kind.
They usually just make you happy.
- Bad batch, I guess. - Are we in trouble?
I have you on six counts of assault. So, yeah.
But if you give me the name of your dealer, maybe we can talk.
How about I give you the name of my lawyer, narc?
- Are you okay? - Yeah... Uh, no.
No, those idiots in there, they can't pass freshman comp,
and yet I couldn't crack them. Why?
I don't have that answer.
But I do know why our Jekylls became Hydes.
The substance they ingested
was radicalized by 15-to-the-19th power hertz worth of gamma rays.
Someone irradiated their party drug?
What happened to you, little guys?
Why did you get so angry, huh?
Doesn't matter why.
All that matters is how we capitalize on it.
Here, check this out! 16,000 views just in the last hour.
Sixteen thousand? Holy...
We're famous.
No. No, we're rich. Here, check out the comments.
"I'll have what they're having." Sue in Connecticut.
"I'd pay my entire bonus for that."
Yeah, Sam R. In East City!
We have the supply.
Shoot, let's go, uh, meet our demand.
Wow.
Jerry. Why are we going?
Just chill, Little Squeak.
We're about to be so rich, you're gonna be like, "College? What?"
My name is Bobbi.
Hey, Bobbi.
I'm doing this for us. Just, uh... Just trust me, okay?
Were you dreaming?
No.
This is home.
Oh, it's so pretty.
Nia!
Oh, honey.
Oh...
- You look famished. - She looks lovely.
- As always. - Hi.
And chic.
- Who is this city girl? - Hi!
What has she done with my sister?
Uh, Maeve, Mom, Dad,
I want you to meet my friend and boss, Kara Danvers.
Nice to meet you.
Kara, we're so delighted you came.
- Your home is beautiful. - Thank you.
- Kara, do you like radishes? - Uh... Yeah.
Isabel's radishes are legendary.
Okay. Okay.
And the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Oh.
Maeve's got all her mom's gifts.
Look at her orchids.
Mom's a natural.
I've labored to memorize the 30,000 species of orchids.
Sweetheart, you have been a prodigy since you were in diapers.
More like your protege since I was in diapers.
Nia.
Mom's teaching me Japanese ink wash painting. That was my ink.
Uh... I'm sorry. I... I don't know why I did that.
I think you're tired.
We had a long drive, and she's definitely famished.
Paul, is that paella?
You know, I can't believe our Nia works at CatCo.
You've read Cat's book how many times?
- Fourteen? - Really?
Oh! More like 40.
It was always Nia's dream to be a journalist.
To be in the center of things, to effect change.
Some of us actually like it far from the madding crowd.
- So, you live here in Parthas? - I live just down the street.
I apprentice with Mom, and I own a painting studio.
- I've been staring at these paintings all day. -
- Are they yours? - They are Mom's.
She paints her dreams.
So will I, once my dreams finally kick in.
You can't rush things, honey.
Has Nia told you about our strange family legacy, Kara?
The otherworldly dreaming powers?
She's mentioned it.
Dreaming the future is passed down on the matrilineal line.
One woman from every generation inherits the gift.
- Just one? - Yeah. Just one.
Unless, of course, she's cursed with future blindness.
In which case it skips a generation.
That's not going to happen, Maeve.
I told you, when I was pregnant with you,
I dreamt that my daughter would have the gift.
Just give it time.
There are reports of two more rage attacks.
It's spreading.
We need to get more teams out there immediately.
Copy. Also, it appears these outbursts were intentional.
People are buying this drug on purpose?
How? And why?
I should have been ahead of this. Brainy, I'm off.
Something is wrong with me.
I mean, it's like, something in my mind, it's missing.
J'onn, thank you for coming.
Sure. You sounded panicked on the phone.
Is everything all right?
I'm not thinking clearly,
and I can't afford to be making mistakes.
- Well, how can I help? - Scan me.
My mind.
Why?
Something is wrong with me, J'onn.
I don't know how to describe it, I just feel disconnected.
I feel vulnerable.
I mean, look, what if something went wrong
when I underwent the Truth Seeker?
I know there's not supposed to be side effects or anything,
but that's when this began.
I just need to know that I'm okay.
And if I'm not okay, I just need to know that I'm not crazy.
Please, J'onn.
- This is Maeve's old room. - It's so pretty.
Jung and Dreams, Lexicon of Dreams...
Well, I understand why you haven't told Maeve
that you inherited the powers.
Right? It's a disaster.
I never even wanted the powers.
I always wanted to be out in the world,
reporting, helping people.
Well, you can help people in a big way with your powers.
Maeve's been studying the language of dreams her whole life.
This is all she's ever wanted.
This will break her heart.
If the powers are only passed
to one daughter per generation,
why are they so sure that it's Maeve?
You heard my mom.
When she was pregnant with Maeve,
she dreamt that her daughter would be the Dreamer.
Believe me, I know how hard it is to hurt your sister,
but I think you should tell her.
I'm going to talk to my mom.
I'm gonna see if there's a way
that I can transfer the powers to Maeve somehow.
I don't think it works like that.
Could you just talk to my sister?
Interview her for your article?
Just buy me some time with my mom?
Okay. Of course.
The mind wipe should be untraceable.
But it's possible because Alex's relationship with Supergirl
is unlike anyone else's,
her encounter with the Truth Seeker
may have left her with an unidentifiable itch.
You can't tell her that Supergirl's identity has been removed.
Haley is still on a mission to find out who Supergirl is.
I know. I know.
But, uh, sometimes a placebo can be very effective.
You're going to lie to her.
I don't want to.
But maybe it'll bring her peace of mind,
help her heal.
- Are you ready? - Yeah.
Thanks for doing this, J'onn.
- All right. - Okay.
You're fine. Everything is normal.
- Really? Thank God. - Mmm-hmm.
Okay.
Perhaps the stress you're feeling at work is, uh, the lack of a partner.
A good cop to your bad cop.
Or maybe I need the opposite of a cop.
Brainy, how are your acting skills?
Wow. I never thought I'd be quoted in CatCo.
So, tell me what it's like to live in Parthas?
Most people from Parthas never leave.
Nia's one of the few.
She's fearless.
I've always been envious of that.
We all have our own gifts.
My mom chose to use her gifts to nurture this town.
But my grandmother, on Naltor,
she was the hero of the planet.
Like Supergirl.
When my powers kick in, I want to be that kind of hero.
Well, I think maybe being a hero isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Children of Liberty? Here?
Every year at Harvest Fest,
jerks from neighboring towns come and protest.
They hate humans and aliens mixing.
When you have something good,
there's always going to be people who want to tear it down.
Don't worry, the citizens of Parthas can take care of themselves.
- Bros? - Who are you?
We met last night at your humble abode.
- Sick rager, BT-dubs. - Why are you in here?
Like you, I scored some of that sweet, sweet rage candy.
The next thing I know,
I'm tossed in here with you fine gentlemen.
Well, whatever you do, don't breathe a word to that witch.
Of course not. I would never.
Perhaps, once we're out,
we could find some more of those rage pills and, well, rage.
No, I'm done with that stuff.
Besides, if Jerry and Kev are smart,
they jumped in that van and got the hell out of town.
Jerry and Kev.
That was easy.
Impressive. It took you less than two minutes to get that information.
How did you learn to speak Dude-bro?
The same way they did. The movies.
Well, thank you. Both of you. For everything.
Yeah.
Now let's catch these guys before they can do any more damage.
I miss you so much.
I can never understand how you enjoy living in that concrete jungle.
There's a life force to the city.
It's not the same as nature, but it's alive.
You seem in tune with the energy of the city.
It suits you.
Thanks.
Mom, speaking of energy, um...
I was talking to Kara about the dream powers...
Mmm-hmm.
And she was wondering, just out of curiosity,
if you didn't want the powers when you were my age,
was there a way that you could've refused them?
No.
But what if you really didn't want to use them?
What if you needed to direct them to somebody else?
The Dreamer is destined.
The chosen one doesn't have a choice.
It's in her blood.
Mom? Mom?
Oh, no, it bit you. Mom? Mom?
Mom?
Nia, it's you.
Oh, my God.
Mom, what's happening?
You're in my dream.
I'm dying, my love.
You are the next Dreamer.
No, no.
Of course it's you. It had to be you.
I'm sorry I was so blind.
My dream of my daughter with powers...
I never saw her face.
Mom, I don't care about that.
- I'm not ready for you to go. - You are ready.
My element was water. Yours is fire.
And your fire will make you far more powerful than I ever was.
It was your destiny to be my daughter.
To be Dreamer.
Life put you through many trials just to be who you are.
It made you strong.
That strength will serve you well as a hero.
My Nia.
Nia.
Nia. Wake up.
She's not breathing.
Mom...
I'm so sorry.
Nia.
The town's turning Harvest Fest into an impromptu memorial.
- I can't zip this dress. - Let me help you.
It's my fault.
I should have gotten the powers by now, Nia.
It doesn't make sense.
I mean, maybe...
Maybe I'm doing something wrong.
Of course you're not doing anything wrong.
I must be.
If I had the powers, I would have dreamed Mom was in danger.
I could have prevented it.
Even if you had a dream,
you don't know if you could have interpreted it...
Of course I could have.
I'm fluent in dream interpretation.
I would have been forewarned about Mom, I would have...
I would have saved her.
You've got to get dressed.
Yeah, James. I'm over here.
Hey, Lena, I want to talk to you about something.
What's that?
Game night training.
What? Okay, listen, some couples need
to work on their communication skills
and others need to work on their competitive trivia skills.
You and I are deeply connected, Mr. Olsen.
We just need our game night performance to reflect that.
- And you hate to lose. - And I hate to lose.
So, are you in?
- I'm all in. - Excellent. All right, first up,
Trivial Pursuit Classic Rock edition.
Wait, hold on. Um, what was it you wanted to talk to me about?
It can wait.
Five, six, seven, eight...
We just missed our turn. I thought you said we were done.
Change of plans, Little Squeak.
We got an offer we couldn't resist.
Ten thousand in cold, hard cash.
Hang tight. We'll be right back, okay?
Hello, good sir.
My name is Kevin, this is my associate.
You have the stuff?
Do you have the cash?
Come on, boys. We got what we need.
Let's get to that festival and harvest these roaches.
- Hey, Brainy. - Greetings, J'onn.
I came to see how Alex was feeling. Have you seen her?
I have not.
But I have located our dealers' van.
Brainy, that's great.
I have also located Director Danvers.
A day of many victories.
Now, at first I found no vehicle registered to our suspects,
and I thought perhaps Spence was lying.
Which would be so like him.
But then I found this...
Originally registered to a Mrs. Veronica "Roni" Miller, now deceased.
The title has then passed to Roberta Miller,
Jerry Miller's little sister.
Good work. All right, let's move, people.
Hey, you wanna take advantage while the cat's away and roll with?
With all this rage going on, we could use a man of peace.
- Sure. You seem better. - I am. Thanks to you.
I'm supposed to wear one of Maeve's dresses?
What else am I going to take from her?
You can't blame yourself for this.
I lied.
I did have a dream on the car ride.
I dreamt my mom drank an inky black fluid and turned into ash.
That's why I trashed Maeve's art supplies.
But I took the poison ink literally.
It was only a symbol of death.
I would have known that
if I had bothered to study, like my sister.
There were all of these other symbols,
things I couldn't decode, cobwebs.
Tons of cobwebs. Spiders spin webs.
I should've known that the ink was only a symbol,
that the spiders were the real danger.
Maeve would've known that.
Maeve should have gotten the powers.
Nia, don't do this to yourself.
I can't ever tell her I have them.
Hey. Please, listen to me. Keeping a secret from your sister
will only hurt you more than anything else.
You didn't take anything from her.
You didn't choose to be the sister with powers.
In time, she'll understand that.
But, right now, you have to be honest with her.
You're right.
I'll tell her.
After the memorial.
I was certain this was the last confirmed
location of Roberta Miller's van.
I think it was. Looks like somebody already did your job for you.
Jerry Miller? Kevin Huggins?
You're under arrest for selling an unidentified alien substance.
Search them.
No, you won't find anything. We were robbed.
- By who? - I don't know.
They said something about attacking some alien festival?
This is what I was afraid of.
Brainy, take 'em in.
No, no, no. Wait, wait. Please. My little sister...
She took the van and went after them.
- Why would she do that? - I don't know, to defend me?
To get revenge?
She was mad.
She bailed out and didn't even stop for us.
Who knew that Squeak had that much rage?
I did.
Bobbi's sensitive.
People prey on that, you know?
She got pushed around at school,
got pushed around at home, too.
It'd make anyone angry.
Maeve, why don't you and Kara go on ahead?
We'll catch up.
What's this?
This is going to sound strange,
but, um, I had a dream last night.
Your mom came to me, said this was for you.
In Parthas, when someone passes,
we wear white to honor the light in each of us.
Humans and aliens alike.
Anyone who met my mom knows her light was blinding.
I'm so lucky I got to bask in it every single day.
And I'm so lucky to follow in her footsteps,
continue her work, carry on her legacy...
Maeve, watch out!
Maeve!
You knew that ax was going to hit the podium.
You have the powers.
- I can explain. - Don't touch me.
Help! Help!
It's blocked. Come this way.
This way.
Keep your heads down. Come on.
Detain all aggressors.
J'onn, get the people out of that barn.
Hey!
Bobbi Miller?
Hey! Let her go. I said, let her go!
This is your final warning.
No! Director Danvers, don't!
Supergirl, you struck an agent of the United States military.
And you were about to shoot down an innocent alien.
I was containing a volatile alien, and you interfered.
That alien was just defending his home.
These... These Children of Liberty wannabes were provoking him.
They attacked a peaceful memorial.
Your word no longer works for us.
And I have a job to do.
That's to uncover all of the facts.
And that girl, she is not a Child of Liberty,
she's just a kid who took a drug to fuel her rage.
- Why would someone... - Because this world is filled
with a lot of people that are bigger and stronger than her.
And that kind of vulnerability, it makes you angry.
And when you feel powerless enough,
you will do anything it takes to feel strong.
I can understand that.
Really? How?
You are literally described as the Girl of Steel.
On the outside and the in.
You really think I don't know what it feels like to be vulnerable?
No, I don't.
Now, you either stand down, or I will arrest you, too.
Come on.
I'm almost ready to go. I just need to talk to my sister.
- Of course. Here. - Thanks.
There's nothing to talk about.
Maeve, I swear I was going to tell you.
Really? When?
After the memorial service.
You knew for months.
For months you let me go on about
how upset I was that the powers hadn't kicked in yet.
You let me humiliate myself, think I was future blind...
No, no. It wasn't like that.
I was trying to transfer the powers to you somehow.
Right.
How did you, of all people, get the powers?
They're supposed to be passed down from mother to daughter.
So how did someone like you get them? You're not even a real woman.
Maeve was always my biggest supporter.
I can't believe she'd say something like that.
Nia, I'm so sorry.
I knew she was gonna be crushed about the powers, but...
Kara, she was so angry.
I know it's not the same thing,
but if it makes you feel any better,
I've been through a lot with my sister.
I appreciate your support,
but this isn't something that you can understand.
I have alien powers, my sister doesn't.
And now, she hates me.
Why are you pulling over?
Kara, what are you doing?
I do understand.
Probably better than anyone.
I am Supergirl.
Very few people know my true identity
because it's not safe for them to.
But I'm telling you because I think it can help you.
And I don't think it will harm you.
You, too, are a hero.
I was the sister with powers.
And I watched Alex pay the price for it in so many ways.
Most of the time, she handled it with grace,
but I'll tell you, there were some times that it got ugly.
When we were younger...
And even now.
But I have faith that the love between two sisters
will prevail in the end.
I have to believe that.
I just need you to know now that you are not alone.
You have a family.
You have me.
You wanted to see me, boss?
Have a seat.
Look, Mackenzie, I... I, um, went over
the materials you sent me for L-Corp
and everything checks out.
Everything is aboveboard with the FDA.
Oh. Uh...
I guess my source was wrong.
Weird, he's usually solid.
Don't be so hard on yourself.
Look, these things happen. It's a learning process.
But you were right to come to me first.
You have great instincts.
The mind wipe did change Alex.
I thought lying to her one more time would help,
but it goes deeper than that.
The disconnection was a symptom.
Alex grew up with a sister from another planet.
A superhero.
Without that memory,
that exposure to other, her perception has changed.
- Her empathy has shifted. - Why? I don't get it.
She's close with plenty of other aliens.
You were Alex's primary relationship during her formative years.
It's what formed her view of aliens.
And that's what we've erased.
That blood memory.
I have to believe that deep down, she's still our Alex.
We did what we had to do, and now we have to be strong.
For her.
Now this is exactly what I need.
After the weekend I've had, all I want to do is
spend some time and relax with my two favorite people
and the greatest movie of all time.
I'm not sure The Terminator is relaxing, but okay.
- Uh, T2. And it's comfort food. - Your hand.
Oh. Yes.
Well, that is a lovely parting gift from Supergirl.
I hope your weekend was better.
Oh, J'onn said you were on assignment. How did that go?
Oh! The story I was following didn't really pan out.
Hey, how about we don't actually talk about work tonight?
- Yeah. - I could do that.
Now, watch
the movie if you don't want to die.
It's "If you want to live."
- Oh, shoot. - Oh, you goober.
Oh!
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